{"id":30238,"date":"2025-05-13T13:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=30238"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:46:44","slug":"the-updated-way-to-add-a-gmail-shortcut-to-your-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/the-updated-way-to-add-a-gmail-shortcut-to-your-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Updated Way to Add a Gmail Shortcut to Your Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Updated Way to Add a Gmail Shortcut to Your Desktop
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The old way of creating a desktop shortcut to open Gmail directly does not work anymore because Google has changed some Chrome options. So, we’ve updated our tutorial showing how to create a desktop shortcut to Gmail in Windows 10 and 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

Go to gmail.com<\/a> in your Chrome browser and log in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click the three dots icon in the top-right corner of Chrome.<\/span><\/p>\n

Select “Cast, save and share,” then click “Create shortcut…”.<\/span><\/p>\n

See the screenshot below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Give the shortcut a name (e.g., “Gmail”).<\/span><\/p>\n

IMPORTANT! Check the box that says “Open as window”.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This will create a shortcut that opens Gmail in its own window, giving you a separate “app-like” experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

TIP: If you want to create a taskbar shortcut to Gmail, follow the instructions above. Once you’ve made the Desktop shortcut, right-click it and choose “Pin to taskbar” or, if you’re using Windows 11, right-click it and click “More Options” > “Pin to taskbar”. <\/span><\/p>\n

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  The Updated Way to Add a Gmail Shortcut to Your Desktop The old way of creating a desktop shortcut to open Gmail directly does not work anymore because Google has changed some Chrome options. So, we’ve updated our tutorial showing how to create a desktop shortcut to Gmail in Windows 10 and 11. Go to gmail.com in\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1461,1751,4515,4540],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30240,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30238\/revisions\/30240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}